1982 Apr 27 - 1982 Apr 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/622
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 11)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2012 Dec 28 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 288 |
| Any docs withheld? | 3 |
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Date |
Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU) paper - SAPU(82) 10 (1700Z) (Haig's proposals; TEZ; death of Argentinian POW; international opinion; statement by UNSG) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: British Information Service New York telegram 4 to FCO (1620Z) ("Falkland Islands: US public opinion") [Harris poll shows strong support for British view but also for US staying neutral in event of war] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: UKE Cape Town telegram 295 to FCO (1350Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Pik Botha - Savimbi says Soviet planes flying reconaissance over Task Force from airbase in Luanda; claims South African government had sympathy and goodwill towards British stand over Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: FCO record of telephone conversation (1255Z) (Pym-Haig) [no word yet on whether Argentines will accept US proposals] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: FCO telegram 854 to Haig (1230Z) (Pym requests US assistance in heading off "support for any unhelpful and unacceptable resolution" in the UN Security Council) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: FCO telegram 853 to UKE Washington (1130Z) (Pym message to Henderson) [proposed actions by HMG in event of Argentine acceptance or rejection of US proposals] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: Wolfson minute for MT (upcoming speech in Commons) [points stressing oBritish readiness to negotiate] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Minor | Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [suggested insert for MT speech tomorrow] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Death of an Argentinian prisoner") [further details about shooting on South Georgia - misunderstanding the cause; to be buried with full military honours] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: FCO minute ("Cuban Missile Crisis: Secretary-General's opinion") [appeal to US and USSR was in fact negotiated with them in advance] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Commonwealth and the Falkland Islands Dispute: Barbados and Guyana") [draft letters for MT to send their leaders] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Minor | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Message of thanks from the Prime Minister to President Moi of Kenya") [MT agreed to send personal thanks to Moi] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falklands: debate in Parliament on 29 April") [draft material for MT speech] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Minor | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (Valedictory Despatch of HMA, Paris) [MT requested a copy to read] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Mandatory Resolutions") [information on unimplemented UNSCRs] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 28 We | Major | Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) (Overnight Developments) [US; OAS meeting; Falkland evacuation; South Georgia; Brazil; British shipping] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 27 Tu | Minor | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1486 to FCO (2304Z) ("Argentina: Arms Supplies") [reports of US sale of Skyhawk engines to Argentina; US Customs blocked shipment for refurbishment in Italy] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 27 Tu | Major | Falklands: UKE Santiago telegram 179 to FCO (2130Z) ("Falklands: press allegations about Chilean/UK military cooperation") [story in Daily Star, perhaps being "fed Argentinian disinformation ... to tarnish the current Chilean neutral stance"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 27 Tu | Minor | Falklands: UKMIS New York fax to FCO (draft reply to Non-Aligned Movement) [historical justification of British claim] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 27 Tu | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (1800Z) ("Falklands: Japanese position") [disappointment at Japanese refusal to introduce import ban; MT agrees reply "in rather stiff terms" to PM Suzuki] [declassified 2012] |